Scientists just realized the true scale of a massive coral habitat was hiding off the Southeast U.S. for decadesScientists have uncovered a massive cold-water coral habitat spanning over 6.4 million acres off the southeastern U.S. coast. This extensiv...
26 May, 2026, 12.12 PM IST
In 1960, two explorers descended nearly seven miles into the Mariana Trench and entered the deepest known place on EarthIn 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh made history by descending into the Mariana Trench. Aboard the Trieste submersible, they reached Cha...
17 May, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
It stands over 100 feet tall, is nearly 200 feet wide at the base, and may be older than many famous monuments; now NOAA believes that this Maug coral may hold clues to the future of reefsScientists discovered an ancient, massive Porites coral colony, estimated to be over 2,000 years old, in the Maug caldera near the Mariana ...
30 Apr, 2026, 06.09 PM IST
Alien world found under the ocean; Scientists discover the planet’s deepest hidden ecosystemIn the remote Pacific Ocean trenches, scientists have discovered a unique, methane-fueled ecosystem thriving at record depths. This communi...
16 Aug, 2025, 03.14 PM IST
Two earthquakes hit between Fiji and New Zealand, no tsunami warning issuedTwo earthquakes hit the area between Fiji and New Zealand on April 14 morning. The first quake measured 6.5, and the second measured 6.1. T...
14 Apr, 2025, 10.02 AM IST
Scientist makes a shocking discovery at Earth's deepest point, 10.9 km below sea levelDr. Dawn Wright, the first Black person to reach Challenger Deep, found a beer bottle at the Mariana Trench's deepest point. Her discovery ...
13 Jan, 2025, 11.54 PM IST
Scientists find alien-like predator in the depths of the ocean, call it 'Darkness'Researchers from the University of Concepción in Chile and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US have discovered Dulcibella ca...
13 Dec, 2024, 01.15 PM IST
‘Meg 2: The Trench’: Know when and where to watch online‘Meg 2: The Trench’ is in theaters and has a streaming release on Max from September 29, 2023. This action sequel features Jason Statham's ...
23 Sep, 2023, 02.19 AM IST
Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off New Zealand coastNew Zealand lies on the seismically active "Ring of Fire", a 40,000-km arc of volcanoes and ocean trenches girdling much of the Pacific Oce...
15 Feb, 2023, 02.16 PM IST
New Chinese submersible reaches Earth's deepest ocean trenchThe vessel "Fendouzhe", or "Striver", descended more than 10,000 metres into the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench with three researchers on b...
20 Nov, 2020, 04.57 PM IST
Plastic eaten by creatures living in deepest places on EarthScientists have found plastic in the stomachs of animals living more than 10 kilometres below the ocean surface in the deepest places on Ea...
16 Nov, 2017, 04.48 PM IST
Chinese submersible discovers polymetallic nodules in South China SeaThe submersible named 'Jiaolong' was underwater for six and a half hours on the second stage of China's 38th ocean scientific expedition, w...
06 May, 2017, 01.42 PM IST
China's manned submersible finds precious metals in Indian OceanNamed after a mythical dragon, Jiaolong reached its deepest depth of 7,062 meters in the Mariana Trench in June 2012.
02 Mar, 2017, 11.48 AM IST
China's unmanned submersibles descend 10,000 metres underwaterFrom December 25-27, three deep-sea landing devices descended into the trench, Cui told state-run Xinhua news agency.
29 Dec, 2016, 04.03 PM IST
China's sub finds mysterious deep-see living creatures in seaWith a size similar to a regular sea cucumber, the first mysterious creature broke into three parts when it was taken to the vessel in the ...
15 Jan, 2015, 04.06 PM IST
China's submersible begins exploration of Indian OceanEarlier China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said the discovery of poly metallic deposits in the southwest Indian Ocean as "beyond an...
02 Jan, 2015, 09.46 PM IST
- Warming making life sparser in deep ocean
The world’s first study of deep ocean trench has confirmed climate change – excessive warming of the ocean and melting of Arctic ice -- has...
04 Mar, 2014, 07.13 AM IST